Daily Reflections July 21 A PRICELESS GIFT By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps. We enjoy moments in which there is something like real […]
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July 20
Daily ReflectionsJuly 20 SHORTCOMINGS REMOVED But now the words “Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works” began to carry bright promise and meaning.-12 & 12, p. 75 When I put the Seventh […]
July 19
Daily ReflectionsJuly 19 FALSE PRIDE, p.209 Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help.-12 & 12, […]
July 18
Daily ReflectionsJuly 18 GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE, p.208 During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God.-12 & 12, p. 75 […]
July 17
Daily Reflections July 17 SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATION My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine […]
July 16
Daily ReflectionsJuly 16 “A MEASURE OF HUMILITY” In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure […]
July 15
Daily Reflections July 15 PRIDE For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. […]
July 14
Daily ReflectionsJuly 14 A NOURISHING INGREDIENT, p.204 Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity.-12 & 12, p.74 […]
July 13
Daily ReflectionsJuly 13 HUMILITY IS A GIFT, p.203 As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire […]
July 12
Daily ReflectionsJuly 12 GIVING UP CENTER STAGE, p.202 For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. . . Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, […]